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ing the beamiest of passenger boats. A pumping station built entirely of concrete has been erected at the foot of the dry dock, connected by a tunnel] with the old dry dock also, so that it can fill and empty both of them, The old dry dock will be enlarged to 650 ft. in length, 110 ft. wide on top, 72 ft, wide on blocks, with an 80-ft. gate. The new dry dock is commanded by electric traveling cranes, while a loco- motive crane of ten tons capacity and of so0-ft. reach has been installed to the left of the old dry dock, to handle heavy weights on repair iobs. The new power house, built of rein- forced concrete, is a revelation im the way of power houses. A Murphy au- tomatic smokeless furnace, built by the Murphy Iron Works, of Detroit, is installed in this house. This power house is smokeless not only in name but in fact. The' chimney-is i7o { high but no smoke can be seen emerg- ing from it. The coal used is ordinary slack screenings of the cheapest kind. It is dumped. directly from the rail way cars into the basement from which it is elevated into hoppers and fed automatically into the furnaces. These hoppers have a capacity for 400 tons of coal and are usually kept well filled. Stoking is done by a little en- gine, there being only one man em- ployed in the boiler room.. The econ- omy of this arrangement is said to be considerable. All water passes through a softening and filtering plant before it enters the boilers. Data obtained shows that 12 lbs. of water is evap- orated on one pound of slack. A four-story concrete building has been erected adjoining the office build- ing, the first floor being utilized as a stock room, the second as a pattern shop and the two upper floors for gen- eral storage purposes. Much thought is exhibited in the design of the stock room for its various uses. Rivets are filed according to sizes and all sup- plies for the ship are kept absolutely in individual boxes. By this arrang:- ment it is not only possible to put one's hand upon the article needed im- mediately, but a mere glance at the room keeps the general manager con- stantly posted as to the amount ol stock on hand. This systematic meth- od of keening stock is carried on throughout the entire yard. Ship plates are not thrown down and pilea one on top:of the other, but are kept vertical overlapping one another, the number and size of each one being Dlainly in sight at all times... A new punch shop and mold Ich will be erected at the head of the new dry dock and will be most advantage ously located for the delivery of ma- TAE Marine REviEw terial to the dock and building berths. Every department has been thoroughly duipped with new machinery of the latest kind, the Cleveland Car & Crane Co. supplying a new electric crane the Hilles & Jones CO Walaninoion: Del... 8 massive machine for curing angles, ithe Leno. Machine Co, Marshallton, Ia., rotary shears, the Berlin Machine Works, Beloit, Wis., a sawing machine, and the Ay A. Fay Co, Cincinnati, a sandpapering ma- chine, The Toledo Ship Building Co. has scarcely been in existence one year, but its stock is already upon a seven per cent basis. It has delivered one steamer to Mr. G. A. Tomlinson, of Duluth, and has three, others under order. Its real strength, however, is in its capacity for repair work. This fact is appreciated by vessel owners as its dry dock has been practically in continuous operation during the en- tire year, it frequently occurring that one vessel was floated in the same day that another was floated out. In fact, with the exception of one lapse of fourteen days, the dock has not been idle for more than two days at a time during the entire year. The company has the following steamers now lying in its slips waiting for repairs to be made upon them: W. H. Gilbert, new . bow and stem; Isaac L. Ellwood, re- pairs to bottom from grounding at Detour; Harvard, extensive repairs to bottom, twenty plates to come off, from grounding in St. Mary's river; H. S. Wilkinson, repairs to bottom; Carrington, repairs to bottom; Yuma, bottom damaged; Robert Holland, en- gine repairs and new shaft needed; Samuel J. Murphy, repairs to upper 'works: J. J. Albright, general over- hauling, including six new plates; Vic- tory, general overhauling; Sahara, gen- eral repairs; Tyrone, general repairs. PITTSBURG STEAMSHIP CO.'S APPOINTMENTS. President Harry Coulby, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co., called the meeting of his captains to order at the Colonial hotel Wednesday at Io a. m. According to previous custom, two sessions will be held daily, ending with a banquet Friday night. Among those who attended were Capt. Dennis Sulli- van, of Chicago; Capt. J. W. Westcott, 'of Detroit; and Mr. H. W. Brown, of Duluth. The names of the steamer captain's appointments were given out on Wednesday as follows: Steamers Morgan, A. P. Chambers, master; Ream, A. C. Chapman, master, Rogers, James Leisk, master; Widener, John Lowe, master; Corey, F. A. Bai- ley, master; Frick, Neil Campbell, ao master; Gary, Richard Jollie, master; Perkins, W. H. Moodey, master; Eden- born, C. Geggenheimer, master;_ Ell- wood, C. H. Cummings, master; Gates, J: A. Walsh, master; Hill, Fred Hoff- man, master; Poe, W. C. Iler, master; Morse, E. O. Whitney, master; Hough- ton, John -j.. Parke, master; Cornell, W. H..Kilby, master; Harvard, A. R. Robinson, master; Princeton, John Burns; Rennsellaer, S. C. Allen, mas- ter; Malietoa, R. F. Humble, master; Bunsen, Andrew Hansen, master; Van Hise, F, C. Watson, master; Murphy, A. J. Talbot, master; Shaw, H. Culp, master; Mataafa, H. J. Regan; Manna- loa, J. La Framboise, master; Superior City, Pf. J. Crowley: Black. M A. Boyce, master; McDougall, John Nahr- stedt, master; Fairbairn, C1, Grant, . master; Fulton, C. G. Ennes, master; Bessemer, W. S,-Hoag; master; Sie- mens, M, K. Chamberlain, master; Coralia, W. H. Campanu, master. "Stephenson, H. G. Harbottle, master; Watt, W. J. Hunt, masters Crescent City, Frank Rice, master; Cole, J. W. Morgan, master; Lynch, E. Wi Smith, master; Baker: Geo. Bell, "master: Phipps,. W. B. MacGregor, master; Empire City,:. James. Burr, master; Maricopa, C, A. Weitzman, master; Ericsson, John Noble, master; Linn, Geo. Bankers, master; Queen City, A» C. Smith, master; Zenita City. Ho. Gegoux, master; Eads, A. Montague, master; Rockefeller, A. G. McLeod, master; Maritana, Geo, Bowen, master; Mariposa, C. D..Secord, master; tal bert, A. W.. Burrows, tiaster; Core, John A, Ferguson, master; Neilson, T. J. Cullen, master; Briton, Geo. Hol- dridge, master; German, J. C. Bell, master; Roman, Geo. Randolph, mas- ter; Saxon, Geo. Ames, master; Co- 'rona, John Gemmel, master; Corsica, W. EH. Stover, imastet:. Manola, Fo a. Meeker, master; Mariska, A. R. Thompson, master; Maruba, C. S, son, master: ©. Matoa; Phos. . Wilson d master; Marina, A. E. Bartell, master; Masaba, E. L. Sawyer, master; Palmer, Geo. Reece, master; Wolvin, Dan Mc- 'Gilvray, master; Colgate, John Mc- Garry, master; Mather, Geo. Burt, master; Trevor, -H. Walper, master; Cambria, .W.- P<. Meklroy, miaster: Griffin, W. F. Hornig, master; Joliet, W. J. Storey, master; La Salle, W, EH. Warner, master; Wawatam, H. T. Kelley, master. The names of the barge captains will not be given out for several days. The steamer Tecumseh, owned by McArthur Bros., Ltd. Detroit, Mich., will undergo a general repairing neces- sitated on account of getting on shore on Lake Erie.